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Effects of a rape awareness program on college women: increasing bystander efficacy and willingness to intervene
Author(s) -
Foubert John D.,
LanghinrichsenRohling Jennifer,
Brasfield Hope,
Hill Brent
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.20397
Subject(s) - bystander effect , psychology , intervention (counseling) , sexual assault , clinical psychology , social psychology , medicine , suicide prevention , poison control , psychiatry , environmental health
An experimental study evaluated the efficacy of a sexual assault risk‐reduction program on 279 college women that focused on learning characteristics of male perpetrators and teaching bystander intervention techniques. After seeing The Women's Program, participants reported significantly greater bystander efficacy and significantly greater willingness to help than before seeing the program. Participants outperformed a control group. Rape myth acceptance also declined among program participants. Implications for rape awareness programming are discussed. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.